GOD'S WORD® Translation
Horses are not a guarantee for victory. Their great strength cannot help someone escape.

American Standard Version
A horse is a vain thing for safety; Neither doth he deliver any by his great power.

Berean Study Bible
A horse is a vain hope for salvation; even its great strength cannot save.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Vain is the horse for safety: neither shall he be saved by the abundance of his strength.

English Revised Version
An horse is a vain thing for safety: neither shall he deliver any by his great power.

King James Bible
An horse is a vain thing for safety: neither shall he deliver any by his great strength.

World English Bible
A horse is a vain thing for safety, neither does he deliver any by his great power.

Young's Literal Translation
A false thing is the horse for safety, And by the abundance of his strength He doth not deliver.

Psalm 33:17 Additional Translations ...